Electrical appliance.



C. H. BISSELL 6L E. G. SMITH.

ELECTRICAL APPLsANcE. APPLICATION FILED AUG- I, |914.

Patented May 22, 19N.-

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ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE.'

APPucATmN FILED Aue. I. 19m.

Patented May 22, 1917 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- IfV/TNESSES 1%/ y Van upper section at the side of the other socket.

, UNITED STATES OFFICE.

CARL H. BISSELL AND ELDA G. sMirH, or sYnAOUsE, NEW YORK, AssIGNORs TO CROUsE-HINDS COMPANY, or sYRAoUsE, NEW YORK, vA CORPORATION or NEW YORK. v

To all whom t 4may Concern: y

Be it knoivn lthat we, CARL H. BissnLL and ELDA (lr. Snrrn,lcitizens otthe United- States, and residents .of Syracuse, county Ot' Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Electrical Appliance, ot which the. following is a s)ccification.A v f his invention has for. its .object an elec-A trical appliance, particularly adapted -for storage battery charging stations in railroad terminals and coach `yards; and itl consists `in the novel combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

ln describing this invention, rct'erencejis had to the accompanying drawings, in ,which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the `views. y

Figures 1 and 2 are sectional views, partly .in elevation,l of this appliance, an extension base being shown in Fig. 1, and omitted in Fig. 2. i I

Fig. Sis a/plan view of the appliance, the upper sectiony ot the housing being removed. l

This appliance comprises a receptacle, `a support therefor, vand a housing` including and two lower sections o1 bases upon which the support-for the receptacle and the upper sectionof the housing are interchangeably mounted, one of ythe lower sections yhaving a cap piece associated therewith, which is interchangeably mountable with the upper section on the other base section of the housing.

1 and 2 are receptacles or sockets mounted upon a support, as a plate 3,diagonally op 'posite each other andwith their entrances facing laterally in opposite.directions, jeach socket having binding devices 4, 5 atthcir rear ends for connection to electric wires, the binding devices heilig mounted on thc terminal pieces G', 7 of the sockets and thebinding devices of each socket being located As here shmvn', the plate is square and .the rear ends of the receptacles or sockets overlap each other as seen in Fig. The plate 3 isalsoformed with suitable insulated wire openings/f8 located in the rear of the-re cel'itacles 1, 2 nearlv beneath the binding devices, the wire openings communicating with the base or lower section ot' thehou`sing upon which the plate ,3 is mounted. Each recep- ELECTRICAL APPLI'ANCE.

y Specification of Letters' Patent.

' Application filed August 7, 19,14. 'Seria 1 No. 855,546.

Patented )lay tacle is connected to the plate Il in anysuil'- able manner, as b v screw bolts fl.

10 is the main base or lower section ot the housing, and 1ll is a supplemental or exten sion ,base or lower section upon which the plate '3 `1na be interchangeablyv mounted. 12 is the upper section of the housing which 1s'interchangeabl y mountable upon either the bases 10 or ll.

The main base 10 is a conduit outlet box having internally threaded nipples 13 for connection with electrical conduits, an open ingv itat its upper side, an upwardly extendinglange. 15 skirting the opening, and a'bearingtace 1Gv around the tlange. "l`l1e extensionfbase kor lower section of the'housingis carried at the upper yend ot' a pipe or conduit 17, the? lower end ot' which is conn ected to a cap-piece 18 interchangtaiblv mountablefwith theupper section 12- of the housing-'on the open side otl the ,base l0.

The pipel? screws at its opposite ends into internally threaded nipples 1f), 20 provided onthe base lli and'cap 18.

` The extension base 11 is formed witlran openulglskirtcd by a fiange 1,5,whicn flange is surrouiuled by a bearing face 1l all "s111-ti la,ito the opening, tlange an'd bearingiiacelf, 15, 16 of the main base 10. The i 'plate oksupport 3 may be secured to either of the bases 10, 11 by screws 21 extending through openings in the plate 3 and thread-v .ed into lugs 2lu or 2l" in the base .l0 or l1, the plate 3 fianee 15 or 15a.

T e upper section ot' the housing whiclris interchangeably mountable upon either of the bases 10, 1,1, is formed with a flange 22 compleniciital to the bearing` face 1G or 1G and is attachablcto either ot said bases bv screws 23 extending through threaded Opeliings in the flange and in thebearing face 1G, a 'gasket 2Jfbeing usually interposed-be-v tween the flange and the bearing tace. Thel `cap piece 1S is also formed with a bearino" face 25 -complcmental to the bearing face la .The section 12 of the housingformed with a wall 2G which skirts the sides of the 'receptacles l, 2 and which is provided with the flange 22 at its lower margin, this wall 26 having openings 27 alined with the cntrances of the receptacles-or sockets 1, 2.

28 are springpressed hinged covers (for,

resting upon the edge of the theV openings 27, said covers being hingedL to the sockets l, 2, and 32 are' eyebolts hinged to the-sectionlQ and movablegintov openended slots ornotches 33 V.provided in lugs 34 on opposite sides of each plug 3l; and

35 are wing nuts screwing on the eyebolts against the lugs 3i for holding the plug 31 from withdrawal. The eyebolts are mounted on pins 3G which are supported by lugs 37, 38 projecting from the wall 26 of the housing section l2.V

In use, the ap Dliance is mounted at one side (if a car trac or between double tracks, as will be understood by those skilled in the art, and a plug 31 is attached to one end of awire cord, the other 'end of which is attached to a plug which fits a socket on theV car, which socket is connected to the storage battery. l

This invention is particularly advantageous in'that owing to the arrangement of the receptacles or sockets 1, 2,and otherA :wire connections, a particularly compact appliance is provided. ,L y

What We claim is: i v I AA1. An electrical appliance comprising a support, and electrical receptacles' mounted on the support diagonally opposite each other, each receptacle having binding devices located atone side of the other receptacle,v substantially as and for he purpose described.

2.v An electrical appliance comprising a support, and electrical receptacles mounted on the support diagonally opposite each other and facing in opposite directions, each receptacle having binding devices located at its rear end and at one side of'the other receptacle, substantially as and for the purpose specified. f

3. An electrical'appliance comprising a support, and electrical receptacles mountedon ythe support diagonally opposite, each other, each receptacle having binding devices located at .one side of the other receptacle, the support being formed withwire holes located at the rear of'each receptacle andl at the side of the other receptacle, sub stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4.. An electrical appliance comprising 'a support, and electrical-sockets mounted on `the support diagonally opposite each other and facing laterally in opposite directions, each socket having a binding device 4located lat its rear end and arranged at one side' ofI `the other socket, the base being formed 'with wire openings in the rear of each socket, substantially as and for the purposel described. 5. An electrical appliance comprising a support in the form -of a plate, receptacles mounted on the plate diagonally opposite each other -and facing laterally in opposite directions', the receptacles' havin binding devices at their rear ends, the binding devices of each receptacle being located at the side of the other receptacle, and a housing inclosingl the receptacles and including a section having entrance openings alined with the ifront ends of the receptacles, substantially asf and for the purpose specified.

6. An electrical appliance comprising a base, receptacles mounted on the base and having entrance openings facing laterally, and a housing including upper and lower sections, the upper section having side walls skirting the receptacles and formed. with openings in its lateral sidealined with Vthe entrances of the receptacles, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. An electrical appliance comprising a base, receptacles mounted onthe Vbase diagonally opposite leach other and facing in opposite directions, and a housing including upper and lower sections, the upper section .being mounted on the lower and including a side wall skirting the receptacles, opposite sides of said wall being formed with openings alined with the entrances` of the recepf tacles, the lower section of the housing being provided with tmeans for connection with an electrical conduit, substantially as and for the purpose described.

.8. An electrical appliance comprising a `support in the forni of a.' plate, electrical receptacles mounted on the plate diagonally In testimony whereof, .we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two attesting witnesses, atA Syracuse, N. Y., this 25th day of May, 191,4.

.- A CARLI-I. BISSELL.

Q ELBA G. SMITH. Witnesses:

C C. SoHonNEoK, f 4 WM. CORNELL BLANDING. 

